Anxiety Disorders

Quitting drinking can be a difficult task for individuals with alcohol use disorders, but a pair of drugs may help, finds an analysis of more than 100 studies examining the use of medications to treat these conditions. Alcohol use disorders… Read More ›

Mental stress can potentially trigger an episode of myocardial ischemia, a decrease in the flow of oxygen-enriched blood to the heart muscle caused by the narrowing of coronary arteries, resulting in chest pain and more serious events such as heart… Read More ›

Benzodiazepines, a commonly prescribed class of drugs used for treating insomnia, anxiety, and other conditions, may also increase a person’s risk of contracting and dying from pneumonia. Patients who were taking these drugs or had taken them in the past… Read More ›

Marriage before the age of 18 years, often termed child marriage, increases a woman’s chance of developing a psychiatric condition in her lifetime and also increases the likelihood she will receive care for such a disorder, according to a study… Read More ›

A previously unknown chemical pathway in the brain may explain why some individuals are more susceptible to stress-associated psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, suggest findings from research in a mouse model. If confirmed in human… Read More ›